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De BBC bericht: 'Israelis Strike 60 Gaza Targets
Tuesday 13 January 2009
by: BBC News

Israeli planes have attacked more than 60 targets in Gaza as its offensive against Hamas entered its 18th day.
The strikes came as Israeli troops advanced into the suburbs of Gaza City.
The head of the Red Cross accompanied a convoy of aid into Gaza during a three-hour ceasefire, during which witnesses said there was increased shelling.
Palestinians say more than 90,000 people have left their homes to escape the bombing. Militants, however, have kept up rocket attacks on Israel.
Thirteen rocket or mortar attacks were launched from Gaza on Tuesday, Israeli police said. No-one was hurt.
Jacob Kellenberger, the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, was expected to go to the main Shifa hospital in Gaza City to see patients and medical teams.
He also intended to hold talks with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Last week the ICRC accused Israel of failing to fulfil its duty to help wounded civilians in Gaza, and said it was a "full-blown humanitarian crisis".
Explosions
The BBC's Aleem Maqbool, on the Israeli-Gaza border, said shelling had continued, including air and land attacks, throughout the morning ceasefire, which began at 0900 local time (0700 GMT).
Earlier, one Israeli officer was critically wounded when a bomb exploded in a booby-trapped house, the Israeli military said.
It denied a claim by Hamas that the militant group had destroyed two Israeli tanks.
Western areas of Gaza City also came under shellfire from Israeli gunboats.
Human rights group al-Mizan in Gaza said more than 90,000 people had fled their houses during the violence.
About 31,000 of them were staying at UN-run schools in Gaza City, which are full, in Jabaliyah camp and Shati camp. The other 60,000 were staying with neighbours and relatives.
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, is due in the region on Wednesday to push for a truce.
He has implored Israel and Palestinian militants to halt the fighting in Gaza immediately.
Mr Ban said too many people had died and there had been too much civilian suffering.
"My message is simple, direct and to the point: the fighting must stop," Mr Ban told a news conference in New York ahead of his departure on Tuesday for the Middle East.
"In Gaza, the very foundation of society is being destroyed: people's homes, civic infrastructure, public health facilities and schools."
His diplomatic tour will see talks with the leaders of Egypt, Israel and Syria as well as the Palestinian president in Ramallah.
However, UN officials say he will not be meeting representatives of Hamas, and it is not clear whether he will go to Gaza itself during his week-long trip.'

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